IC 338
IC 338
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
272 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
66k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 272 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 338 as it looked roughly 272 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 1956Barred spiral28 million ly
apartIC 302Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2019Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 1219Spiral38 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 302Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 2019Lenticular33 million ly
apartNGC 1323Lenticular34 million ly
apartNGC 1322Elliptical37 million ly
apartNGC 1219Spiral38 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).